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5 Hidden Eating Disorders

A new study shows that up to 60 percent of people with eating disorders aren't anorexic or bulimic—and aren't getting the care they need. Danielle Friedman on the warning signs we overlook.

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Perhaps tracing back to after-school TV specials or teen magazines, many Americans still envision “serious” eating disorder cases as stick-thin and sad-eyed—in other words, obvious.

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